- a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- ground of this kind, as wet, slimy soil of some depth or deep mud.
- to plunge and fix in mire; cause to stick fast in mire.
- to involve; entangle.
- to soil with mire; bespatter with mire.
- to sink and stick in mire or mud.
- a boggy or marshy area
- mud, muck, or dirt
- to sink or cause to sink in a mire
- to make dirty or muddy
- to involve, esp in difficulties
